Saturday, 14 February, 2004

LOTR for short Last Saturday my sisters and some assorted nieces, nephews went out to see Return of the King again before it left the Uptown. I had not seen it yet, so I went along. I only got around to reading the book last year. They've been steeped in this for about 30 years and have passed it along to their next generation. Unlike them I occasionlly get turned around on some of the details. Therefore, about this time last year, I went searching for a libretto of some type and I found this: Perfect, I thought succinct and comprehensive. You can follow along with the story, tracing the unfolding action as it's presented here and if you lose your place it's a snap to review and get back in line. The up arrow is departure of the hero, down arrow is return of the hero. Simple no? I suppose some folks might find they need appendix A (the four pages of appendix a 1, 2) which sorts all this out. Or may want to read Anne Petty's book One Ring to Bind Them All: Tolkien's Mythology itself, you'll probably want to glance through ch.3. at least Now all I need is for someone to explain why the character I liked best from the book, Tom Bombadill [§ B (Rs)] isn't in the movies at all. 8:34:22 PM    comment [];trackback [];

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